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long house

long house is the alternative form of longhouse.

Meaning of longhouse

Noun

longhouse (plural longhouses)

  1. A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
    • They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House.1751, C. Gist, Journals, page 51
  2. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
    • To make wads and wisps for those that go to the Long-house (you know what I meane).1622, M. Alemán, chapter II, in J. Mabbe, transl., Rogue, page 355
  3. (derogatory, slang, far-right subcultures) The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling nonconformity and masculine values.
    • Incredible witnessing the tone of the longhouse authoritarian liberal regime is that of an obsessive and histrionic ex or overbearing mother trying to gaslight you. The twilight days of the Soviet union at least tried to project an air of masculine competency via propaganda.2022 February 19, @giantgio, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2022

Forms of long house

plurallong houses

Questions about long house

What is long house the alternative form of?
Long house is the alternative form of longhouse.

Words near long house in the dictionary

  1. long homes
  2. long hop
  3. long hops
  4. long hour
  5. long hours
  6. long house
  7. long houses
  8. long hundred
  9. long hundreds
  10. long hunter
  11. long hunters

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